Marty Oehme
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Changed sxhkd being hard-coded to use alacritty as a terminal. Though I don't see myself switching soon, changed the shortcut to make use of the already existing environment variable "$TERMINAL" which gets set as part of my basic env settings on the machine. Added pre-defined filter for styler entries, removing 256 color versions of base16 themes, as well as all atelier styles. I never use -256 versions of the themes so they can be hidden. If I want to use an atelier style (which is rarely), I can quickly remove the pre-defined filter since it is the last one added. Added a mapping to academia mode which shows *all* due papers, to get an overview at a glance. Uses F3, so that academia mappings go F1->F3 from most restricted to most encompassing views. |
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sxhkd
sxhkd -- simple X hotkey daemon
sxhkd is set up to manage most of the key bindings in this dotfile configuraition. It is primarily used for three things: system control, to invoke rofi, and to switch between different desktop operating modes.
system control
- super+x: lock the system, i.e. put a lockscreen in front of it, unlocked with your password
- media keys: control the Brightness, Volume, Mute of the system
- super+return: open a terminal
rofi invocations
- super+backspace: system management (shutdown,reboot,logout,..)
- super+space: app launching
- super+r: extended run menu
- super+p: password/secret autofill menu
- super+F8: theme setting menu
- super+q: quick access to bookmarks and search bangs
modal desktop
The modal setup of this desktop allows to first invoke an operating mode and then open the possibility for additional keybindings.
For example, alt + m will invoke the media mode and then media playback can be controlled through the hjkl keys.
Think of it like invoking the insert mode, or visual mode in a modal editor like vim.
The idea behind the modal system is to not overload normal system operation with key binds that are only needed every now and again, and mostly as a coherent package. If I want to control my media playback, by seeking forward or backward, having quick access to controlling the volume seems logical. But I may not want to open a scholarly pdf, or programming project at the same time, so these actions don't need to be included in a coherent 'media' mode.
The modes currently are:
- media, for controlling playback and volume
- academia, for opening pdf, seeing upcoming readings, and editing references
They are still in flux and may change every now and again as I put this modal setup to the test. To get a closer look at the actual key binds, look into .config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc for now.
modal notifications
To know which mode is currently active on the desktop, this module includes a script which will print sxhkd's current mode to stdout, or a file. This script can be used to show the active mode in a status bar, for example (as the polybar module in these dotfiles does).
The script lives in .local/bin/sxhkd-chain-labels and can be invoked from the path by default. To see available options and the configuration file format use sxhkd-chain-labels -h, or take look at the script itself.
This module overwrites the usual sxhkd program invocation using an alias, which makes sxhkd always (if no options are passed) create and use a named pipe in the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR directory. This is the default location the script will pick it up in.